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The Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 requires Member States to record information for each new passenger car registered in its territory. Every year, each Member State shall submit to the Commission all the information related to their new registrations. In particular, the following details are required for each new passenger car registered: manufacturer name, type, variant, version, make and commercial name, specific emissions of CO2, mass of the vehicle, wheel base, track width, fuel type and fuel mode. Additional information, such as type approval number, engine power and engine capacity were also submitted.

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The data has been submitted by Member States at the beginning of 2013 and the preliminary data were published on the 30th April. Manufacturers then had three months to verify the data and to notify the Commission of any errors in the data. 40 manufacturers verified the data in-depth and notified the Commission of errors. Eight manufacturers accepted the preliminary data without corrections. The Commission together with EEA has considered those notifications and, where appropriate, adjusted the provisional calculations of the average specific emissions and the targets.

The data are required for the calculation by the Commission of the average specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars and for setting the specific emissions targets that shall be met by car manufacturers. The database provides the detailed data without taking into account other factors required for the calculation of specific emissions targets, such as phase-in percentages, credits for low emitting vehicles and E85 fuelled vehicles, or eco-innovation credits. In order to calculate the average specific emissions and specific emission targets the Commission considered only those vehicles for which emission and mass are available.